TY - JOUR AU - Shi, Runzhi AU - Li, Tao AU - Chi, Yong AU - Liu, Mingjian AU - Al-Farraj, Saleh A. AU - Pérez Uz, María Blanca AU - Song, Weibo PY - 2025 DO - 10.1016/j.protis.2025.126119 SN - 1434-4610 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124422 T2 - Protist AB - The ciliate genus Frontonia, one of the most species-rich groups of the order Peniculida, is widely distributed across a variety of habitats. However, the definition and identification of isolates are challenging, as there are few reliable characters,... LA - eng M2 - 1 PB - Elsevier KW - Biodiversity KW - Ciliates KW - Cryptic species KW - Phylogeny KW - SSU rRNA gene TI - Taxonomy, geographic distribution and molecular phylogeny of two freshwater Frontonia (Ciliophora, Peniculida), including a new cryptic species Frontonia paraleucas sp. nov. TY - journal article VL - 178 ER -